The Hawn’s Mill Massacre (also Haun’s Mill Massacre) occurred on October 30, 1838, when a mob/militia unit from Livingston County, Missouri, attacked a Mormon settlement in eastern Caldwell County, Missouri, after the Battle of Crooked River. [1]

On October 30, 1838, as part of the escalating violence that drove early Saints out of the state of Missouri, a company of rogue militiamen attacked the Saints at Hawn’s Mill. 1 While women and most children from the settlement hid in the woods, a group of Latter-day Saint men and boys sought shelter in the blacksmith’s shop.

2014年10月30日 · It was 176 years ago today that Missouri militiamen attacked Latter-day Saints living in the Hawn's Mill settlement. From Brent M. Rogers, Church History and Joseph Smith Papers coeditor, find out more about the events before, during, and after the massacre.

2010年6月4日 · On October 30, 1838, segments of the Missouri militia attacked a settlement of Latter-day Saints at Jacob Haun's mill, located on Shoal Creek in eastern Caldwell County, Missouri.

This piece of cast-iron machinery is one of the few remaining pieces of the gristmill owned by Jacob Hawn. This mill was the site of what is now known as the Hawn’s Mill massacre.

2023年5月1日 · The story of the Hawn’s Mill Massacre is tragic and complex. In this video, historians Jenny Lund and Emily Utt tackle questions about the massacre.

2013年10月28日 · Of the 18 victims, 17 were Mormons – mercilessly shot and killed by a group of 240 Missouri militiamen. The Haun’s Mill Massacre marked the turning point of the Mormon War, bringing about the surrender of the Prophet Joseph Smith, and that of his followers, soon after.

2014年3月26日 · In 1838, a tragic massacre of a small Mormon settlement called Hawn’s Mill resulted in the death of 17 and the wounding of 13 innocent people.

On the afternoon of October 30, 1838, the most lamentable and tragic episode of the Mormon-Missouri War took place at an isolated Mormon settlement in eastern Caldwell County known as Haun’s Mill.

On October 30, 1838, an armed militia rode into Hawn’s Mill without warning and began firing. Most of the women and children fled to the woods, while the men and several boys made a stand in “an old log building used as a blacksmith’s shop, which was neither chinked or mudded.” 12 David Lewis recorded: